In the upcoming days and weeks I will be talking more about Moe and Ben, but I am also going to be dropping more nuggets about the likes of Henry Cotton, Harry Vardon, James Braid, Ernest Jones, Percy Boomer, Long Jim Barnes, James Braid, and "the best tee to green" Ben Hogan ever saw, Wild Bill Mehlhorn.

So hang on folks because 2009 is going to be a fun ride. We just might learn a thing or two from those old codgers.

To start us off hear is a fantastic video of the great Henry Cotton. Bowden and Aultman called him "The Supreme Hands Player." When you get a look at this little video posted by brokgolfer at YouTube you will see Henry Cotton a hair past his prime no doubt but still in truly amazing form. As mentioned in this video Cotton was to British golf what Ben Hogan was to American. Oh and that is Sir Henry Cotton at the top of this post.

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I really like old Hogan clubs. 67 Percussion model is great and so are the early 60's Power Thrust Models. The leading edges are razor sharp on most Hogan models prior to 1968 when the first Bounce Sole 1+ model came out. I love the Bounce Sole model which was the true precursor to the Hogan Apex and so I would look for these and early Apex models. The leading edges are a little softer which I think is helpful on todays lush fairways.

That said I will be playing some razor sharp Percussions this year.

Left handed models may be tough to find. One thing that I do know is that there were a lot of 1+ shipped to Japan so they may be floating about in other Asian countries as well. I know this because I have a set of Japanese model 1+'s.

I'll look around for them, though I won't keep my hopes too high. I'm primarily based in Hong Kong where they usually only keep left-handed beginners clubs in most stores.

That being said, I am making a trip to Toronto this summer and hope to buy a new set of irons if I can't find anything here. Are there any clubs outside of the hogan's that you would recommend? Something without the offset problem that you mentioned in your book? What do you think of the new nike blades or whatever?

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